Ecology Center in the News

Ecology Center’s Response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

March 11, 2020 by Ecology Center

Update on Friday, March 27, 2020 Ecology Center’s Berkeley Farmers’ Markets During COVID-19 As an essential service, the Berkeley Farmers’ Markets REMAIN OPEN, providing fresh, healthy food for the community. We are actively making operational changes to protect customers, farmers, and staff, and to mitigate the spread of disease. We continue to follow the guidance… Read more »

Ecology Center in the Making

February 21, 2020 by Ecology Center

A Brief Retrospect by Ecology Center Executive Director Martin Bourque Historic Change Happens Ecology Center was born at a turning point in our nation, with Berkeley, California, as one of the epicenters for a social revolution. It was 1969, and the social fabric was being pulled in all directions—it was coming undone. The anti-war movement,… Read more »

Reusables Become a Reality—A Reusable Cup Service Pilot Update!

February 21, 2020 by Denaya Shorter

by Denaya Shorter, Community Engagement Program Director Almost five months into Berkeley’s first Reusable Cup service pilot, and the program has already received over 1300 sign-ups! With eleven participating locations on the UC Berkeley campus and in the Telegraph Avenue area in South Berkeley, the Ecology Center and Vessel partnership program, launched in September 2019,… Read more »

Rooted in Community Winter Leadership Institute Reflections

February 21, 2020 by Ecology Center

by Marcel Ramos, Youth Development Program Coordinator This past December, I had the opportunity to attend Rooted in Community’s biannual Winter Leadership Institute. I traveled to Birmingham, AL, gathering with young adults from organizations across the country to discuss the importance of youth roles in the food justice movement. Over the course of three days,… Read more »

Climate Justice: Fighting for a Better Tomorrow

October 7, 2019 by Ecology Center

On September 20th, 2019, millions of people (including you perhaps!) took to the streets to demand action on climate change around the world. Holding their protest signs high and proud, students assembled in front of federal buildings from New York to San Francisco, on shores and in villages from the Marshall Islands to India to… Read more »